'''Eustathius of Antioch''', sometimes surnamed '''the Great''', was a Bishop and Patriarch_of_Antioch in the 4th_century. He was a native of Side in Pamphylia. About 320 he was bishop of Beroea, and he became Patriarch_of_Antioch shortly before the Council of Nicaea in 325. In that assembly he distinguished himself zealously against the Arians, though the ''Allocutio ad Imperatorem'' with which he has been credited is hardly genuine. His anti–Arian polemic against Eusebius_of_Caesarea made him unpopular among his fellow bishops in the East, and a synod convened at Antioch in 330 passed a sentence of deposition, which was confirmed by the emperor. For instance, in the dispute with Eustathius of Antioch, who opposed the growing influence of Origen and his practice of an allegorical exegesis of scripture, seeing in his theology the roots of Arianism, Eusebius, an admirer of Origen, was reproached by Eustathius for deviating from the Nicene faith, who was charged in turn with Sabellianism. Eustathius was accused, condemned, and deposed at a synod in Antioch. The people of Antioch rebelled against this action, while the anti-Eustathians proposed Eusebius as the new bishop, but he declined. He was banished to Trajanopolis in Thrace, where he died, probably about 337, though possibly not until 360. The only complete work by Eustathius is the ''De Engastrimytho contra Origenem'' (ed. by A._Jahn in ''Texte und Untersuchungen'', ii. 4). Other fragments are enumerated by G._F._Loofs in ''Herzog-Hauck’s Realencyklopädie''. ==References== * {{1911}} {{start box}} {{succession box| before=Paulinus_of_Tyre| title=Patriarch of Antioch| years=324—337 or 360| after=Meletius}} {{end box}} Category:3rd_century_births Category:4th_century_deaths Category:Ancient_Roman_Christianity Category:Patriarchs_of_Antioch Category:Syrian_saints